Improvement in paper boxes



L. W. BEECHER.

`Paper-Buxes.

PaxenredFeb-17l1s74.

No.l47,547.

mln/eas e5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. YVHEELER BEECHER, OF VESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,547, dated February17, 1874; application tiled October 4, 1873.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, L. WHEELER BEEcHER, of Westville, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedPaper Box 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention is an improved paper' box, made from a continuous stripof heavy bodypaper covered entirely upon one side with a lighter paperof better quality, which is folded over the edges ofthe .body-paper toform a narrow-edge strip upon the other side; and its novelty consistsmainly in so constructing the ends of the box that when the latter isconipleted, the internal-edge strip of the coveringpaper will be fullyexposed to view, so that the box is uniform in appearance at sides andends, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a plan view of thc strip ofbody-paper, with the covering-paper folded over its edges; Fig. 2, aview of one end ofthe blank as folded to form a box; and Figs. 3 and 4,views ot' the completed box.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe fully the manner of construct-ing the same.

A represents a continuous strip ot' body-paper, preferably of somecommon heavy kind, which is of suitable width and thickness.. arepresents the covering-paper, preferably of better quality, which ispasted upon one side, so as entirely to cover the same, and is alsofolded over its edges in such manner as to form a narrow-edge strip uponthe other side, as shown. The strip, when thus prepared, is eut bysuitable mechanism upon the full lines mw, and scored for bending uponthe broken lines x. By this means the side flaps e c and the end aps d dare formed, the extended portions c' c of the side flaps also forming aportion of the ends when the box is made. The end flaps d d are not eutof the same width as the side flaps, but are made at least as muchnarrower as the width of the edge-strip of the covering-paper, so that,when the box is completed, the edge-strip will be fully exposed abovethe end flaps d, and the box be uniform in appearance at the sides andends, as shown.

By means of the described construction, a box of finished and uniformappearance may be made of cheap material.

It will be understood that the covering-paperis attached to thebody-paper in long strips before the box-blank is made, so that theexpense is thus materially reduced.

The gist of the invention consists in producing a box identical inappearance with the old box, but at much less expense, because, onaccount of its construction, the covering-paper can be attached beforethe blank is formed.

, Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A box -formcd from a continuous strip of body-paper covered so as tohave an overlapped ornamental border, which is exposed equally allaround the inside by means of the shortened ends d, as and for thepurpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 30th day ot' September,1873.

L. WHEELER BEECHER.

Witnesses WM. S. BEEcEEn, H. A. BARNES.

